1. |
Dream
02:55
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Dream
Verse
Young life stories to be told
Still to unfold, like a rolling plain
Memories made, unforgotten years
A little joy and tears
Enough for everyone
Pre-Chorus
What’s the dream that sets you free
From boundaries that surround you
From forces in this world
That might try to hold you down
What’s the dream that sets you free
That rolls away the stone
Roll away, away the stone
Chorus
So say what you want, what you mean
Give what you've got and you’ll receive
Love what you have and all you leave
All you leave behind
Chorus
Outro
Every day you’ll find a way
You’ll find a way to get there
Every day in every way
To show how much you care
There’s a dream to set you free
To roll away the stone
Roll away, away the stone
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2. |
I Guess You Could Say
03:08
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I Guess You Could Say
Verse
Making our way to a celebration
Travelled the world with no reservations
At ten in the morning
We’ll be coming on over
Got something to say
We've got something to show ‘ya’
Pre-chorus
Here I go, falling in love again
Who knows where it will lead to
Now I know our love will never end
Could you think about falling in love
Chorus
I guess you could say, you are my babe
(More and more each day)
I guess you could say, you are my baby
(My love’s here to stay)
(Repeat)
Bridge
Who needs lost love and lost dreams
Every ambition you can have is fine
Steal time to make our memories
Meet in the middle
We’ll never get hurt at all
Pre-chorus
Here I go, falling in love again
Who knows where it will lead to
Now I know our love will never end
Could you
think about falling in lovewith me
Could you think about falling in love
Chorus
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3. |
In A Chair You Sit
04:01
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In A Chair You Sit
Verse
In a chair you sit in a room you wait in
For something else to happen
All your memories are here
At a view you look
Through a window you look through
Waiting for something to change
It was a beautiful day
And the sun was warm on your face
As you looked down, into her grave
You didn't have anything black to wear
As you watched her disappear in the ground
Middle
Where has everyone gone
Why does everyone leave
And everything change
Why are we left so alone
Chorus
Please God
Help me to pass this time today
Can you take me, back to the safety
Of 4ZA ads on the radio
Please God, please.....
Repeat
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4. |
Love Hate
03:47
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Love Hate
Verse 1
Out of time
Time to stop and draw a line again
Time to make a wrong into a right again
One day at a time
Pull it out of thin air
Magic always appears
Before it disappears
Catch it if you can before it slips away
One day at a time
Move a little closer
Let a little love in the way
Move a little higher
Let a little love in the way
Chorus
Clinging onto love and romance
Longer than a last dance
So be up and be standing
Settle your misunderstandings
Needed like the fruit on a rimu tree
For kakapos in love
Nearly out of time
Time to get it right now
Verse 2
How are we going to love somebody
if we, can’t love ourselves
If we can’t even trust
The ones we love the most
Or trust ourselves
How are we going to feel if everything
Shuts down in our face
And there’s no way to
Change the way we
Make love into hate
Meet and makeup
Better than beating or breaking up
Can you think of a better alternative
Let a little love in the way
Chorus
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5. |
Nick of Time
04:02
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Nick Of Time
Verse 1
In the nick of time
Another memory gone
One day they’re two feet tall
And learning to crawl
Learning to feel, learning to lean on
Sparkling eyes are searching
Don't fear what they don't see
Forgotten scenes appear then slip away
Into the fade, into the fade
Chorus
Time’s a healer, true but not true
Old radio’s remind me of you
In the nick of time
I wish an angel could stand behind you
And take away the pain inside you
In the nick of time
Verse 2
In the nick of time
Another memory gone
Some days I recognise
That look in your eyes
Learning to feel, learning to lean on
Sparkling eyes are searching
Don’t fear what they don't see
Forgotten scenes appear then slip away
Into the fade, into the fade
Chorus plus outro
I had to lose myself just to find you
I had to prove myself to remind you
In the nick of time
When you’d gone I’d sit at your table
To reminisce of days you were able
In the nick of time
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6. |
Sheep To Mexico
03:18
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Sheep To Mexico
Verse 1
Thinking back to,
An early memory of you
Greeting everyone you'd meet
Walking home to Islington St
Where a house was a home
Where a dog could bury a bone
There'd always be a light on
Always be a light
Chorus
I needed all of your love
As far as that would go
Like water to Ethiopia
And peace to Israel
Like food to Eritrea
And sheep to Mexico
I needed all of your love
As far as that would go
Verse 2
A spiritual place
Secret ingredients of a radiant face
Present for the thick and the thin
Accepting what the boat brings in
Everybody was near
A steady part of the calendar year
They'd always keep a light on
Always be a light
Chorus
Verse 3
Thinking back to
The day that I first met you
The beginning of a lifelong trip
They said that we were joined at the hip
In the space of a day
In a moment we were miles away
Looking for the light on
Looking for the light
Chorus
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7. |
Slaves To The Sun
04:34
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Slaves To The Sun
Verse 1
Struck down by the sun
Mastered by the moon
Hiding in a field
What are you hiding from
Blown up by the wind
Burnt out by the fire
Hiding in a field
Like slaves to the sun
Chorus
See the light come
Shining through the windows
Filling all the space around you
Packed your bags
You’re moving out of limbo
Rejuvenated gringo’s
Verse 2
Horizons out of town
The green grass of home
Where are you running to
What are your running from
What’s there in a name
Names can be changed
Poor poor James
Slave Boy to the sun
Chorus
Verse 3
Arrived in a desert town
There's nothing much on the ground
Just the light of a day
Moving shadows all away
Time to start again
See all the simple things
Like the light of the day
Moving shadows all away
Chorus
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8. |
Someone To Look Up To
02:38
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Someone To Look Up To
Verse 1
Memories that I never had
Memories of a lifetime
Of people that I never knew
But part of all my lifelines
Chorus
And if I, had known you
You’d be someone that I’d look up to
And if I, could see you,
You’d be someone that I could turn to
How easy, easy
Verse 2
When I see your smiling face
In pictures by the window
Where everybody knew their place
And someone to look up to
Chorus
Middle
Are you watching over me now
Are you watching over me now
Memories by a window
Sunlight on a shadow
Memories of a lifetime
Part of all our lifelines
Someone to look up to
Chorus
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9. |
The Lauder Hall
03:21
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The Lauder Hall
Verse 1
Fine grains of golden sand
Held tight within these hands
Aegean waters wash away
Shot down in a foreign land
Part of a national brand
Time came and stole our love away
Chorus
Meet me tonight, before we part
How I wish, that you will never leave me
Meet me tonight, at The Singles Ball
Going to be a band
Take my hand at The Lauder Hall
Verse 2
You could say we met by chance
The last ones left to dance
Stuck somewhere
in between a new love
Tiptoed around the point
In old fashioned jukebox joints
To sing and dance the night away
Chorus
Verse 3
Will I see your face again
My love and loyal friend
I thought about you every day
On a beach in Gallipoli
Where what will be will be
Time came and stole our love away
Chorus
OUTRO x2
Although you had to go my baby,
I just want to let you know
That I love to love you baby
I just love to love you so
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10. |
The View
05:28
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The View
Verse 1
Well it must have been hard
For you to want to leave Ireland
Take a trip on a ship
Through the southernmost part
of the seas
Say goodbye to your family and friends
Waiting down by the harbour
Everyone knew
That you’d probably never return
Chorus
From a long ride, as far as you can
A long ride, to find a new land
In your own time, the best that you can
You’re free now
To find a new place to call home
Verse 2
You landed ashore,
Never seen it before, what a glory
From a stranger in town
You heard stories of luck to be found
You’d find somewhere to stay
As you moved
All the way 'round the island
Only get what you need
From the land and the sea
Then you’d gone
Chorus
Verse 3
You went digging for gold
Filled your boots and were bold
what a story
Summers were long
And the sun only knew how to burn
The winters were cold
But you never felt old only ‘hoary’
Everyone knew
That you’d probably never return
Chorus Variation
30 years would go by
in the blink of an eye
The poplars had grown
And the crops all got sown
All of the children grew up to be strong
They learnt to survive they would thrive
'Cos they knew they belonged
Verse 4
Well the years passed you by
Like some cloud in the sky
tides were turning
Winters were cool
But you suffered no fools on the way
Life wasn’t easy
But love kept you warm
through the seasons
Til’ a killer of a morning in June
You were taken away
Chorus Variation
She carved in the words
That would honour your name
On a headstone in Naseby
Still there to this day
Here lies a faith-filled man
Hard working and true
He stood for what’s good
And gave back what he could
To the view
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